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May 2020 ConnectHook

Vera City

"the
smart
way
to keep
people
passive
and
obedient
is to
strictly limit
the spectrum
of
acceptable opinion
but
allow
very lively debate
within
that spectrum"
- Noam Chomsky

Proclaimed anarchist Noam Chomsky comments on social engineering

#gatekeeper #social #engineering #control #think #thought #provoking

May 2020 ConnectHook

Coincidence Theorist

May 2020 ConnectHook

Vera City

Coincidence Theorist

How they ridicule Jim,
The neighbourhood loner:
"wears a tinfoil hat" and
"turns his wifi off at night"

They all brand him a kook:
"well, you know he's a stoner,
funny coincidence though,
his forecasts have proved right!"

#newpoet #shortpoem #satire #crazy #conspiracy #coincidence #theory #truthisstrangerthanfiction

May 2020 ConnectHook

Golden Fronds

May 2020 ConnectHook

Eloisa

Golden Fronds

She was molded by life’s mischances,
combats, and hurts.
Shrapnels and shattered glass
are stuck in her hands.
Her toes are burned from walking
through agonizing fire.
The endless fights and struggles
made her dark and cold.
But she remembers
each savage war
she has won.
With her loyal heart,
her armor,
and her fortress,
her passionate soul.
She continues to face her battles
and uses her torment
to wear badges
of strength
and courage
adorned with golden fronds.
She knows when wars are over,
the flowers will still be
bright and beautiful.

#flowers #golden #fronds #courage #hope #healing #strength #pain #struggles #battles

May 2020 ConnectHook

RIP Roy Horn

May 2020 ConnectHook

Scarlet McCall

RIP Roy Horn

Roy Horn always favored big cats.
He put them in all of his acts.
But then Manticore,
who thought Roy was a bore,
said “Enough” and then Roy was just snacks.

Sorry, I think making wild animals do tricks is not entertainment. Someone who witnessed the scene was interviewed on tv and said that Horn tried to get the tiger to do something, the tiger misunderstood, Roy reprimanded it and "the tiger said "Enough of this." It was the best tv quote ever.

#lasvegas #tiger #spectacle #carnivore

May 2020 ConnectHook

Three Words

May 2020 ConnectHook

Vera City

Three Words

One simple phrase to tear us wide
                                                     apart
Make us writhe and squirm
                                              breathlessly
Three words to promise eternal hold
And leaving us aching, and sobbing to death

Make us writhe and squirm
                                               breathlessly
Pleading and crying for a reprieve
And leave us aching, and sobbing to
                                                           death
Ripped at the seams and naked

Pleading and crying for a repreive
As hostility becomes mundane
Ripped at the seams and naked
Lies the passionate monogamist

As hostility becomes mundane
Dual passions are fuelled by the
                                             state of  bliss
Lies the passionate monogamist
Cannot see for the rage

Many hear them...
Three words that promise eternal hold
"Divide and Conquer"
One simple phrase to tear us wide apart

#isolife #isolation #divide #division #truth

May 2020 ConnectHook

Haiku of red + blue

May 2020 ConnectHook

Vera City

Haiku of red + blue

Beware ancient grudge
Either the red or the blue
It is all purple

#division #cometogether #behindthecurtain #haiku #juxtapose

May 2020 ConnectHook

A More Wicked Disease

May 2020 ConnectHook

Ira Desmond

A More Wicked Disease

The parks are now empty of all but the trees.
The rot in the woodwork has made itself clear:
the virus reveals a more wicked disease.

If we watch each other with growing unease,
more sinister shadows may draw themselves near.
The parks are now empty of all but the trees.

The nurses and doctors make no guarantees;
their furrowed brows are not at all insincere.
But the virus reveals a more wicked disease.

While some may not fret at a cough or a sneeze,
our day-to-day life shows a mask more austere:
the parks are now empty of all but the trees.

The wealthy can shelter on yachts overseas,
far-flung from the whims of our mad racketeer,
for he, too, was borne of this wicked disease.

But Justice may not brook the fraud she now sees,
her blindfold being repurposed as protective gear.
The parks are now empty of all but the trees,
and the virus reveals a more wicked disease.

#coronavirus #covid #america #justice #wealth #villanelle #trump #pandemic #trees #parks

May 2020 ConnectHook

Digging Down Under

May 2020 ConnectHook

Vera City

Digging Down Under

When digging for answers
I found a new level
Kept shovelling deeper
Ran in to the devil

He offered protection
He baited with vice
Through his ringmaster's grin
Promised Paradise

Politely, I declined
In peace, took my leave
He tracked me and traced me
Devoid of reprieve

His net cast so broadly
An erroneous shove
What he didn't see coming
Incalculable love

#love #truth #solutions